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Chanel and Prada in deserted car parks. Armani in even more desolate landscapes. Dior in the wilderness. Models with dirty skin, mouths full of braces and jug ears. Haute couture
has never seemed more out of place! Alec Soth’s latest work debunks the myth of fashion by photographing expensive accessories from Paris on everyday people in everyday locations
in Minnesota. His photography and its jarring contrasts challenges the international world of fashion – from Karl Lagerfeld on the catwalk at the Grand Palais to Sonia rykiel,
the dame of French fashion, in a luxurious fur coat.
All Pictures © Alec Soth / Magnum Photos
Van Cleef and Arpels • Shayne
Jill • Polo Ralph Lauren
exhibition from may 15th to july 13th, 2008
Oranienburgerstraße/Tucholskystraße, 10117 Berlin, www.co-berlin.de
»c/o Berlin is the future. It regularly introduces
outstanding young photographers to a large public
with its »c/o Talents«
c/o Junior concentrates on even younger blood. Which doesn’t
mean the 6 to 14-year-olds are already nurturing a passionate
desire to become photographers, architects or designers. c/o
finds it much more important to school children’s visual perception
and to create an opportunity for youngsters to enforce
their ideas in a creative way. The thinking behind this is if
children start engaging in playful artistic activity from an early
age, they’ll eventually turn into the interested and open adults
of the future. An integral part of the workshops – which are led
by people from educational backgrounds – is formed by visits
to creative studios and offices, affording the children vivid insight
into the practical sides of photography, architecture and
design.
Hidden Places wanted to get a better impression of this superb
project, so in April it paid a visit to the workshop »Future Fashion.
What will you be wearing in 2018?«. First off, the twelve
kids that were taking part and their leaders, Stephan Koal and
Jacqueline Lüthke-Pott, went to take a look around the studio
of fashion designer Pia Fischer. It was a fitting place to start,
considering she’s spent alot of time playing around with very
unusual materials. Her highly creative and imaginative designs
inspired the children to try out some of their own ideas. The
impressions garnered from this visit were then implemented the
following day by the fledgling fashion designers in their own
real-life creations. The floor of the erstwhile postal depot’s gym
was suddenly bedecked with different fabrics. Two girls were
busy adorning their heads with hats made from the frame of
a lamp while Pia Fischer sewed two pieces of fabric together
under the direction of a girl next to her and ms. Lüthge-Pott
helped a different girl choose the right kind of velcro. You
could almost taste the enthusiasm. Occasionally the kids took a
break to play catch. The hectic pace of the fashion studios was
certainly not to be found here. As a crowning glory, there was
a fashion show where the children presented their new collection
on the catwalk of the future, under the admiring gaze of
parents and friends. And naturally, all the children could take
their creations home with them. maybe a few of them will look
back on this day with fondness once they’ve reached the dizzying
heights of fashion success in ten or twenty years time.
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c/o Berlin gehört heute zu den populärsten Adressen für Fotografieausstellungen
in der Hauptstadt. Mit renommierten Künstlern wie
Annie Leibovitz, Barbara Klemm, Stephen Wadell oder auch Karl
Lagerfeld sind ihre Veranstaltungen wahre Publikumsmagnete. Auch
die thematischen Ausstellungen sind ein Renner. Während die meisten
den Ausstellungsort – das kaiserliche Postfuhramt an der Oranienburger
Straße – wie ihre Westentasche kennen, wissen die wenigsten um das
Gründertrio, das c/o Berlin 1999 aus der Taufe gehoben hat: Architekt
Ingo Pott, Grafikdesigner Marc Naroska und Fotograf Stephan Erfurt.
Alle drei haben sich auf der Baustelle der Reichstagskuppel getroffen, und
Fotograf Erfurt hatte gerade das Angebot, auf ehrenamtlicher Basis eine
große Retrospektive der Magnum-Fotografen zu organisieren. Zu dritt
haben sie dieses Projekt realisiert, und die initiierte Begeisterung hielt
an. Weitere Ausstellungen folgten, und es zeigte sich, dass das Trio eine
ähnliche Vorstellung von Inhalt, Ablauf und Gesicht solcher Ausstellungen
hatte und dass sich ihre unterschiedlichen Qualifikationen zum
vortrefflichen Gelingen von solch umfangreichen und außergewöhnlichen
Veranstaltungen vereinen ließen. Pott, verantwortlich für Ausstellungs
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